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Friday, May 31, 2013

Around The World: Luna @ Luna's Little Library

Welcome to Around The World! On Friday I feature a Blogger, Author or Publisher and ask questions about the country or state they are from and what it is like to be a member of the book world there! If you are interested in being featured please sign up here.

Where are you from?You’re get two countries with me ;) I was born in Germany but moved to England when I was 13 and have been living here ever since. My dad was German & my mum English, so I grew up bilingual which gives me and even bigger selection of books to read.

What is the best and worst thing about living in the country you are from?Best: I live in the North of England and am a 10 minute walk from the beach, on a nice day you can see for miles. On a broader scale I’d say I love that pretty much wherever you go, cities or countryside, you are surrounded by history. Plus no one thinks my tea drinking is weird.

Worst: The economy, I know that's a pretty common answer at the moment. I’m fortunate in that I have a job but we’ve been through two ‘restructures’ in two years and there is another one due at the end of this year. It’s a lot of stress as these always end in redundancies.

What is the biggest challenge of being a book blogger there?Most of the people I know locally don’t understand my love of reading and finding other YA readers isn’t easy. Thankfully there is a Children’s Bookshop just down the road which is run by some awesome people and as of the middle of last year we now have a crossover book club.

Are you able to go to book signings, launches, or industry events?I’ve been to a few events this year but the majority take place in London which is 300 miles and an expensive train ticket away. If I had the funds I’d go to more (because they’ve all been brilliant) but because of the distance I need to stay overnight. But I do have a lovely friend who lets me stay with her which helps a lot.

Are Publishers willing to work with you were you live?They’ve all been really lovely and are really great at sending out paper proofs. I’ve ended up on a lot of mailing lists since the beginning of this year and not a month goes by without something landing on my doorstep. I love it.

Do you have any favourite books set in theUK or written by UK authors?

Ok grab a cuppa this will take a while. The UKYA market is really awesome right now…

It would be remiss of me not to mention The Märchenmond Series by Wolfgang & Heike Hohlbein for Germany. I love those books and recently found out they’ve finally been translated into English. The first book is called Magic Moon.

Emily: Oh my goody goodness by TBR pile just got a lot bigger! These are some great recommendations =)

A Few Of My Favourite Things Section:

Favourite Book (overall): Sunshine by Robin McKinley (This has been my answer for nearly 10 years it’s going to take a lot to overrule. My whole review system is based on the best books getting Sunshine Stars.)

Favourite Book Recent Release: The Bone Dragon by Alexia Casale

Emily: You totally changed my spelling of 'favorite', I'll let you slide just this once =P

Author: Hmm, this is harder… I think I’ll pick Zoë Marriott.

Social Media: Twitter I guess, it’s the one I use the most.

International Food: Italian, there is never such a thing as too much pasta.

Emily: Luna thanks so much for stopping by Around The World! It has been really fun having you!

2 comments:

Always wished I was bilingual for all the extra books but I took French for three years and really learned nothing. It is very hard to learn another language. The economy is pretty bad everywhere I guess. The best book events for me are in the bay area of California and that is about an hour and a half drive which isn't too bad but I still lack the time and gas money to get out to many events.

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